MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s largest power distribution utility, announced on Friday that its power rates will slightly go up this July.

Meralco said there will be an increase in the rate for a typical household by P0.0761 centavos per kilowatt hour (kWh) this July, thereby bringing the overall rate from last month’s P8.17 per kWh to P8.25 per kWh.

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